Control method for information apparatus and computer-readable recording medium

Abstract

In the case where selection of a device icon representing an air conditioner among one or more target devices is sensed in a region corresponding to one room on a floor plan, an operation screen for operating the air conditioner corresponding to the selected device icon, is displayed on a display screen. This operation screen includes an image representing an air flow direction of air output from the air conditioner.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. A control method for an information apparatus having a touch-panel display screen and being connected to a network, over which a plurality of target devices is controlled,
 the control method causing a computer of the information apparatus to: 
 display, on the touch-panel display screen, a floor plan simultaneously depicting multiple rooms; 
 display device icons representing each of the target devices as overlapped on the touch-panel display screen representing the floor plan, the multiple rooms in the floor plan having different device icons corresponding to different target devices; 
 when a selection of a device icon representing an air conditioner among the target devices is sensed in a region corresponding to one room of the multiple rooms depicted on the floor plan, display an operation screen for operating the air conditioner corresponding to the selected device icon, on the touch-panel display screen, the operation screen including an image representing an air flow direction of air output from the air conditioner; and 
 when a contact to the touch-panel display screen moves in a region corresponding to the image representing the air flow direction of the air, output to the network a first control command for changing the air flow direction of the air conditioner along a direction in which the contact moves. 
 
     
     
       2. The control method according to  claim 1 , wherein the image representing the air flow direction of the air output from the air conditioner is displayed in the region corresponding to the one room, and the air flow direction of the air conditioner is displayed in accordance with the first control command for changing the air flow direction of the air conditioner. 
     
     
       3. The control method according to  claim 2 , wherein, when the contact moves from right to left along the touch-panel display screen, the first control command is a control command for changing the air flow direction of the air conditioner from right to left, and when the contact moves from left to right along the touch-panel display screen, the first control command is a control command for changing the air flow direction of the air conditioner from left to right. 
     
     
       4. The control method according to  claim 2 , wherein the operation screen is displayed on the outside of the region corresponding to the one room. 
     
     
       5. The control method according to  claim 1 , wherein, when the operation screen is displayed on the touch-panel display screen, at least one of the device icons is moved out of a display region of the operation screen. 
     
     
       6. The control method according to  claim 5 , wherein, when the selected device icon representing the air conditioner is moved out of the display region of the operation screen, display control is performed to erase the display of the operation screen for operating the air conditioner. 
     
     
       7. The control method according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the operation screen includes an image representing a set temperature of the air conditioner, and 
 when a contact to the touch-panel display screen moves in a region corresponding to the image representing the set temperature, a second control command for changing the set temperature of the air conditioner along the direction in which the contact moves, is output to the network. 
 
     
     
       8. The control method according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the operation screen includes an image representing an air flow amount of the air output from the air conditioner, and 
 when a pinch-in/out operation is sensed by the touch-panel display screen in a region corresponding to the image representing the air flow amount, a third control command for changing the air flow amount of the air conditioner along the sensed pinch-in/out operation, is output to the network. 
 
     
     
       9. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores a program to be executed by an information apparatus having a touch-panel display screen and being connected to a network, for controlling one or more of a plurality of target devices over the network,
 the program causing a computer of the information apparatus to: 
 display, on the touch-panel display screen, a floor plan simultaneously depicting multiple rooms; 
 display device icons representing each of the target devices as overlapped on the touch-panel display screen representing the floor plan, the multiple rooms in the floor plan having different device icons corresponding to different target devices; 
 when a selection of a device icon representing an air conditioner among the target devices is sensed in a region corresponding to one room of the multiple rooms depicted on the floor plan, display an operation screen for operating the air conditioner corresponding to the selected device icon, on the touch-panel display screen, the operation screen including an image representing an air flow direction of air output from the air conditioner; and 
 when a contact to the touch-panel display screen moves in a region corresponding to the image representing the air flow direction of the air, output, to the network, a control command for changing the air flow direction of the air conditioner along a direction in which the contact moves.